Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them

Re:Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them by evilduck on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:47PM (#23578718)

You sure about that? Small town businesses have lamented Walmart moving in for ages, Verizon can _absolutely_ prevent another phone from joining their network, they even charge activation fees on top of it all. And Android _is_ the alternative store if you don't like shopping on iOS, and the monopoly holder to boot. I can't run .ipa files on Android either, why can't we sue Google for not supporting that SDK, since they're a smartphone OS monopoly holder?

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Re:Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them by LordDragonfang on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:27PM (#23580992)

While I agree with everything you're saying, Google's android literally allows you to install third party app stores and even sideload apps. Google does not behave at all like Apple in that regard.

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Re:Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them by evilduck on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:57PM (#23581513)

Sure, but how does that make Apple a monopoly abuser without broadening the definition to the point of it being applicable to damn near everything?

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